单词 | nevel |
释义 | neveln. Scottish and English regional (northern). A sharp or heavy blow with the fist; a punch. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist bobeta1400 bobettingc1440 boba1568 nevel1568 fisticuffs1600 bunch1642 condyle1644 poke1690 punch1766 fist1767 plug1798 chuckera1805 polthogue1808 fistera1834 jab1889 bust1893 1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 263 Thay pairtit hir manly wt a nevell. 1568 Sym & his Bruder in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) III. f. 145–7 Thay manneist him with mony nevell. 1602 in J. Mill's Diary (1889) 187 James Brown hes giffin Hendrie Waltersoun ane newell. 1662 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1915) II. 23 Tua neavells. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 15 Wi Nevels I'am amaist fawn faint. 1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 76 Some wi' Nevvels had sare snouts. 1812 J. Bell Rhymes Northern Bards 42 He got on the lug such a nevel. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 154 Was naething gain but knocks and nevels. a1836 T. Wilkinson in S. Gilpin Pop. Poetry Cumberland (1875) 203 Roger..fra the lasses manny a neval gat. 1846 Drummond's Muckomachy i. xliii. 17 Gave his cheeks some dainty nevels. 1879 W. Henderson Notes Folk-lore Northern Counties (rev. ed.) ix. 308 To this day ‘a Nevell’ means in Durham a knock-down blow, doubtless from the battle of Neville's Cross. a1899 D. Nicolson MS Coll. Caithness Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 255/2 Neval [A blow with the fist, a heavy blow]. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 219 Nevel, a heavy blow with the fist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nevelv. Scottish and English regional (northern). 1. transitive. To beat with the fists; to pound or pummel. Also in extended use. Sc. National Dict. s.v. records this sense as still in use in Caithness and Roxburghshire in 1964. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist boxc1390 punch1530 nevela1572 fist1600 transfisticate1600 fisticuff1653 nubble1673 befist1718 plug1847 to put a head on (also upon)1866 to stick one on1910 a1572 [implied in: J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 146 Frome schouldering, thei go to buffetis, and from dry blawes, by neffis and neffelling. (at nevelling n. 1)]. 1603 Philotus cxxxiv. sig. E4 Thow sall beir mee a beuell, For with my Neiues I sall the nauell. 1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. 603 She'l Nawpe and Nevel them with~out a Cause. 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace iii. iii Twenty and Nine they fell in that days Feed Of Southeron Men that neveld were to Dead. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 337 [He] nevell'd me sae sair, That for a week I could nae draw my breath. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 39 Twa landloupers..got me down, and knevelled me sair aneuch. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish x It was just a yird toad, and the laddie weans nevelled it to death with stones. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 116 Neavill'd or Nevilled, pummelled with the fist. 1905 Gallovidian 7 94 If..ony ane had whispered into your lug an ill word o' the aul' toon, ye'd a nevelled them where they stood. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 145 Fir nyvvelin Kate Guillet On Sunday ida kirk! 2. transitive. Scottish (now chiefly Orkney and Shetland). To grip or squeeze with the fingers; to knead; (occasionally) to pluck out. Also intransitive. Cf. nevelling n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > hold firmly, grip, or grasp clipOE agropeOE gripec1175 clencha1300 umbegrip?a1400 clitchc1400 stablec1440 grappe?c1450 coll1490 spenda1500 strain1590 clutch1602 screw1617 fast-hand1632 grasp1774 nevel1788 firm1859 bear-hug1919 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > knead kneadc950 nevel1788 1788 [see nevelled adj. at Derivatives]. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 35 The e'en out o' her pow they'll naval. 1932 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) [Fife] An old woman said to me two days ago while I was examining her abdomen—i.e. pressing it and squeezing it—‘I hae been gey well naffled the day.’ 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Nyivvel Whin da doctor started nyivvellin aroond da sma o me back I coodna help laachin. Derivatives ˈnevelled adj. ΚΠ 1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 63 Thick nevel't scones, beer-meal, or pease, To brither doun a shave o' cheese. 1852 G. P. Boyd Misc. Poems 30 A naffled bundle, crammed wi' waes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568v.a1572 |
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